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Status of my small Grammar Point Collection...

November 11, 2007 at 06:27 PM

I finished the first round of collecting grammar points now. Right now I am in a harmonization/refinement/enrichment process. This includes heavy keywording, adding... Read more

Deja Vu

November 11, 2007 at 03:05 PM

Watched the recent Deja Vu movie last night, which I though was really good.  Then I wonder what 'deja vu' was in Chinese, I couldn't find in my dic... Read more

Do schools kill creativity?

November 11, 2007 at 07:30 AM

Do they? If so, why is it important? I've blogged about this question and posted a video of Sir Ken Robinbson's marvelous speech at TED on the subject,... Read more

Suggestion for off-the-wall lesson topic - sailing

November 11, 2007 at 12:37 AM

I haven't had much luck with friends or dictionaries with sailing terminolgy like: types of boat - sloop, ketch...; parts - genoa, blocks, halyards, sheets...;&n... Read more

Newbie - How do you take your coffee?

November 10, 2007 at 09:06 PM

Hey,  I have a question concerning the verb "xiang" (would like). What is the difference to "yao" and "xihuan"? When do you use th... Read more

Opera browser and ChinesePod

November 10, 2007 at 02:50 PM

Hi.  Does anybody out there use the Opera browser with ChinesePod?   I've had to switch for the page zoom capabilities of Opera (sometimes the text is... Read more

i dont understand the excercises question could you help mei?

November 10, 2007 at 07:02 AM

In dthe excercises how we do it it we dont learn pinyin or any other? Read more

U.S. Presid. Candidates in Chinese

November 09, 2007 at 11:55 PM

Hey, for thos that 美国人 and those that are into American Politics, Here are a couple of Presidents in Chinse Democrats  民主主义者巴拉克欧巴马  Barack Obama bā lā k&... Read more

Dialogue Only MP3s

November 09, 2007 at 08:00 PM

Would you consider adding character only dialogue text to the dialogue only mp3s? It would be very useful for revision purposes. Read more

Reasonable Prices for University Textbooks in the PRC

November 09, 2007 at 01:57 PM

Does anybody know the average prices of University textbooks in China? I am especially talking about more specialized books written in Chinese for master students (e... Read more